gnomon
Example Sentences
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As visitors hover over the work, functioning as a vertical gnomon, their shadows fall onto one of the panels, depending on the time of day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2023
The pole serves as a gnomon, the part of a sundial that casts a shadow to denote time.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020
A gnomon is the perpendicular part of a sundial, the part that casts a shadow.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018
The terrible motionless time had no gnomon on its dial-plate.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
The gnomon at once cast a pointed shadow on that side of the circle opposite the sun, but there were as yet no marks for the hours.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
